[Ica-sdistandards] Call for Proposals to develop NSDI Quality and Metadata Handbook in Namibia

[Franz-Josef Behr]

Dear colleagues,

I'd like to share with you a call sent out by Roger Longhorn, 
Secretary-General, GSDI Association.

Best regards

Franz-Josef

The Namibian government is seeking offers to develop and prepare a 
Quality and Metadata Practical Handbook for the Namibia Spatial Data 
Infrastructure (NSDI). Delivery of the handbook, including practical 
execises, is requested within 2 months of signature of contract. The 
official Call for Proposals can be downloaded at: 
http://m1e.net/c?143462361-d/si53t.P2gQs%40392108146-YyEK2v2AOoEEk .


*CALL FOR PROPOSALS**
**
**DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAMIBIA SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE (NSDI) QUALITY 
AND METADATA PRACTICAL HANDBOOK**
*
20 October 2017

*1. BACKGROUND *

As part of the roadmap to certification of national spatial data as 
official, the Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) which is coordinating the 
establishment of the national spatial data infrastructure (NSDI), is 
formulating a structured capacity building plan for participating 
government institutions. The two parts programme consists firstly of a 
focused annual capacity building programme in mapping and Geographical 
Information Systems (GIS) provided to regional and national technical 
personnel of different government bodies. Secondly is the development of 
standards practical implementation guidelines which are to be structured 
into a focused capacity building programme.

The NSA has formulated two standards on spatial data quality and 
metadata for describing geospatial data and services in Namibia. The 
standards guide both data quality assessment and metadata documentation 
of government spatial datasets. All custodians of government spatial 
data shall comply with the specifications provided in the two standards. 
The implementation of the two standards necessitate the development of a 
practical handbook to serve as a Practical guide: The NSDI Spatial Data 
Quality and Metadata Practical Handbook.

It is against this background that the NSA requires proposals, both 
technical and financial, from suitably qualified individual consultants/ 
academic institutions / firms to compile the different modules of the 
handbook as indicated in the Indicative Curriculum.

*2. INDICATIVE PRACTICAL HANDBOOK*

The practical handbook must document both quantitative and qualitative 
spatial data quality elements as per the NSDI standard using Namibian 
examples. The handbook should also provide simplified explanatory notes 
with examples where possible on each of the metadata elements of the 
metadata standard. The envisaged training material must cover, but not 
limited to the following topics:

Chapter 1: Practical Assessment of Positional Accuracy
Chapter 2: Practical Assessment of Thematic Accuracy (both qualitative 
and quantitative)
Chapter 3: Practical Assessment of Temporal Quality
Chapter 4: Practical Assessment of Completeness
Chapter 5: Practical Assessment of Logical Consistency (topological, 
domain and conceptual consistencies)
Chapter 6: Documenting Quality Overview Elements
Chapter 7: Namibia Metadata Elements Explanatory Notes
Annex 1:     Overall Data Quality Assessment Checklist
Annex 2:     Complete Data Quality Assessment Report Template

*Products:*

The first five (5) chapters should be accompanied by a standard template 
for Spatial Data Quality Assessment Report. A data quality checklist and 
complete quality assessment report must be provided as annexures to the 
handbook. These shall be used by the NSA and NSDI institutions in the 
quality evaluation of datasets.

The consultant shall submit 2 printed book-bonded format handbooks and 
all the digital copies including practical exercises on a USB.

Delivery: Two (2) months from the date of signing the contract.

*3. QUALIFICATIONS OF CONSULTANTS*

Consultants are expected to have the following minimum qualifications 
and experience:

- At least a Master’s degree in Geo-Informatics, Land Surveying, GIS and 
Geography or related fields from a reputable tertiary institution
- Five years of technical geo-information industry work
- Grounded knowledge of the area(s) of interest as listed in the 
indicative curriculum above
- Practical experience in developing training material will be an added 
advantage
- Knowledge and exposure to NSDI technical development globally will 
also be an added advantage
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**4. DEADLINE AND SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS*

Technical and financial proposals must be submitted on or before Friday, 
24 November 2017, 16H30. Proposals in sealed envelopes and clearly 
marked as: NSDI Spatial Data Quality and Metadata Practical Handbook, 
can be hand delivered or emailed to the addresses below.

Physical Delivery Address: Tender Box
NSA Head Office
Post Street Mall
FGI House
Windhoek

Email Delivery Address and Enquiries:
Ms Rosalia Paulus
Tel +264 (0)61 431 3293
Email: RPaulus at nsa.org.na or AMudabeti at nsa.org.na

Note: Late proposals will be rejected.

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